Sathiyanathan Natarajan

About Sathiyanathan Natarajan

Infrastructure Architect with nearly 13 years of experience in architecture, design, assessment, implementation, testing, data migration, and disaster recovery for enterprise‑scale IT environments across multiple industry verticals.I specialize in backup, recovery, and data protection architectures, with a strong focus on resilience, scalability, and operational sustainability. My experience spans large‑scale enterprise and mid‑range environments, where I have led the design and rollout of robust backup platforms aligned with business continuity and compliance requirements.I bring a strategic yet hands‑on approach, providing technical leadership across solution design, day‑to‑day operations, and complex troubleshooting scenarios. I regularly work across multiple functional domains to review implementations, identify performance bottlenecks, and drive continuous improvement in backup operations.Known for my analytical mindset and attention to detail, I deliver practical, well‑governed solutions that balance technical excellence with business outcomes, ensuring long‑term reliability and ease of operations.

Experience

1. Infra Architect

   Cognizant

   Oct 2022 — Present · Coimbatore, IN

   Delivered enterprise‑grade backup architectures that improved resilience, scalability, and operational stability across multi‑datacenter and distributed environments.• Led large‑scale Veeam backup deployments spanning multiple data centers and remote sites, enabling standardized protection and faster recovery across geographically distributed workloads.• Optimized backup storage costs and performance by architecting multi‑tier SOBR strategies, balancing on‑prem performance tiers with cloud/object storage for long‑term retention.• Reduced implementation risk by executing structured Proof of Concepts across diverse workloads (agent‑based, agentless, application‑aware), validating designs before production rollout.• Enabled confident platform adoption by delivering end‑to‑end operational training and knowledge transfer, ensuring seamless transition from project to steady‑state operations.• Successfully delivered greenfield and expansion implementations with zero deviation from approved designs, reinforcing trust with stakeholders and delivery leadership.• Improved transparency and audit readiness through well‑maintained, customer‑facing technical documentation covering architecture, decisions, and operational processes.• Strengthened client confidence and stakeholder alignment by contributing to technical workshops, solution walkthroughs, and architecture discussions.• Built team capability and continuity by mentoring associates, conducting technical enablement sessions, and supporting domain learning initiatives.• Added strategic value beyond delivery by supporting due‑diligence and transformation assessments, identifying opportunities for automation, standardization, and optimization.

Education

• Thiagarajar College of Engineering

  Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering

  2009 — 2013

• Trinity Academy

  Higher Secondary, Mathematics and Computer Science

  2007 — 2009